fabricate

English

Etymology

From Latin fabricātus, perfect passive participle of fabricor, fabricō (“build, forge”), from fabrica (“a fabric, building, etc.”); see fabric and forge. Compare with French fabrique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/

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Verb

fabricate (third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated)

1. (transitive) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.

   to fabricate a bridge or ship

2. (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.

   to fabricate computer chips

3. (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.

   to fabricate a lie or story

4. (transitive, cooking) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

Synonyms

• confabulate, cook up, invent, make up, manufacture, trump up

Related terms

• fabrication
• fabricator
• misfabricate

 

Translations

form into a whole by uniting its parts

Bulgarian: строя (bg) (stroja), конструирам (bg) (konstruiram) Chinese: Mandarin: 製作／制作 (zh) (zhìzuò), 製成／制成 (zh) (zhìchéng) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: rakentaa (fi) French: fabriquer (fr) German: fabrizieren (de), erzeugen (de) Hungarian: összeszerel (hu), fabrikál (hu) Ido: fabrikar (io) Italian: fabbricare (it) Russian: стро́ить (ru) impf (stróitʹ), постро́ить (ru) pf (postróitʹ), конструи́ровать (ru) impf (konstruírovatʹ), сконструи́ровать (ru) pf (skonstruírovatʹ) Turkish: kurmak (tr)

form by art and labor; manufacture

Bulgarian: произвеждам (bg) (proizveždam), фабрикувам (bg) (fabrikuvam) Chinese: Mandarin: 製作／制作 (zh) (zhìzuò), 製作／制作 (zh) (zhìzuò), 製成／制成 (zh) (zhìchéng) Dutch: fabriceren (nl) Finnish: valmistaa (fi) French: fabriquer (fr) German: fabrizieren (de), herstellen (de), erzeugen (de) Hungarian: gyárt (hu), készít (hu), elkészít (hu), előállít (hu) Ido: fabrikar (io) Italian: fabbricare (it), produrre (it) Russian: производи́ть (ru) impf (proizvodítʹ), произвести́ (ru) pf (proizvestí) Turkish: üretmek; yapmak

invent and form; forge

Arabic: اِفْتَرَى (iftarā), اِخْتَلَقَ (iḵtalaqa), لَفَّقَ (laffaqa), وَضَعَ (ar) (waḍaʕa) Hijazi Arabic: افترى (aftara), لَفَّق (laffag) Bulgarian: изфабрикувам (bg) (izfabrikuvam) Chinese: Mandarin: 捏造 (zh) (niēzào), 偽造／伪造 (zh) (wěizào), 編造／编造 (zh) (biānzào) Dutch: fabriceren (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: väärentää (fi) French: controuver (fr), fabriquer (fr) German: fabrizieren (de), herstellen (de), erzeugen (de), anfertigen (de) Hebrew: פִבְּרֵק (fibréq), בָּדָה (he) (badá) Hungarian: kiagyal (hu), kitalál (hu), fabrikál (hu), kohol (hu) Irish: cum Italian: fabbricare (it), costruire (it), confezionare (it), inventare (it) Japanese: 捏造する (ja) (ねつぞうする, netsuzō suru), でっちあげる (ja) (detchiageru) Romanian: inventa (ro) Russian: фабрикова́ть (ru) impf (fabrikovátʹ), сфабрикова́ть (ru) pf (sfabrikovátʹ) Spanish: inventar (es) Turkish: uydurmak; sahtesini yapmak

cut up an animal for cooking

Chinese: Mandarin: 切碎 (zh) (qiēsuì), 屠宰 (zh) (túzǎi) Finnish: paloitella (fi) Turkish: kesmek; küçük parçalara ayırmak

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Italian: (please verify) fabbricare (it) Kyrgyz: (please verify) калп нерсени ойлоп чыгаруу (ky) (kalp nerseni oylop cıgaruu), (please verify) жалгоо (ky) (jalgoo) Spanish: (please verify) fabricar (es)

Further reading

• “fabricate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “fabricate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

fabricāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fabricō

Spanish

Verb

fabricate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fabricar combined with te